Asha Jain Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bangalore

• Built an Annual Operating Plan (AOP) in discussions with the business stakeholders on a bottom’s up approach which included determination of budgetary goals, monthly & quarterly financial projections including cash.
• Worked closely with horizontal cost stakeholders to engage actively in business operations across more than 10 entities for areas such as Marketing, Warehousing, Technology, Finance, Payroll including all other support.
• Ability to quickly understand business drivers and translating them into google spreadsheets.
• Reporting of horizontal cost and their allocation across all the key business categories like Food, Fresh, Lifestyle, Electronics, D2C, etc.
• Led month end processes which included provisioning of expense accruals, rolling forecasts, highlighting variances and tell the business story in a simple and engaging manner to stakeholders.
• Undertook financial analysis projects such as evaluation of sale and leaseback of fixed assets for unlocking cashflow which also included NPV analysis, cost benefit analysis for lease options etc.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) for the APAC Region (including India Operations)Reporting directly to Global Finance Director (Atlanta, USA) and dotted line of reporting to APAC CEO in India.
• Responsible for creation and review of Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the APAC Region;
• Prepare business plans / case analysis for new dental products;
• Provide input to ad hoc projects within Finance and the Region as required;
• Perform management reporting on monthly and quarterly basis: Actual vs budget and prior year comparatives;  Quantify foreign exchange variances to Annual Operating Plan with regards to the prior year; Forecast.
• Operate in Adaptive Insights / SAP ERP and financial consolidation systems at a high level, represent the Region on system changes and new systems implementation.

Mumbai Area, India

• Financial Planning & Analysis for Australia and New Zealand geographies
• Creation and review of annual financial plan;
• Responsible for managing reporting of Profit & Loss items (Revenue, Expenses etc.) and Balance Sheet items (Loans, Assets, Deposits etc.) in relation to Institutional Clients Group (ICG);
• Preparation and submission of monthly and quarterly management review decks to the Australia FP&A team for: Product wise variance analysis including reasons thereof; Trend analysis at constant and reported exchange.
• Monthly interaction with the Regional Controllers to assist in book closure by understanding the one offs and challenges for the month for each individual products;

Mumbai Area, India

• Part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team.
• Actively participated in the preparation and finalization of the Annual Budget;
• Performed customer level analysis on several critical aspects such as customer CAGR, size, margins etc. to identify key focus accounts for the business teams;
• Engaged with the Business Finance Managers (BFMs) of the various units to optimize their cost;
• Responsible for managing monthly closing and variance analysis of two cost heads Physical Infrastructure & External Consultants comprising more than 50 % of monthly non manpower operating costs;
• Automated variance analysis report for monthly capital expenditure incurred;

Mumbai Area, India

• Business Finance Manager for Infrastructure Department
• Analyzed and budgeted the costing of upcoming TCS offices to understand the financial viability of these projects;
• Monitoring of budget spends for ongoing projects;
• Performed financial due diligence and compliance checks for the contracts entered with the Vendors;
• Ensured that the relevant mandatory certification of the new TCS offices, government certification and payment of bills have necessary checks and balances in place for smooth project execution;
• Coordinating with the FA Team for the Accounting of the Fixed Assets;

Chartered Accountant, Accounting And Finance

Company Secretary, Banking, Corporate, Finance, And Securities Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Business/Commerce, General

Business/Commerce, General